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Sceptic acting so ridiculously (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agnostic

'sceptic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'acting so ridiculously' is the wordplay.
'ridiculously' indicates anagramming the letters.
'acting'+'so'='actingso'
'actingso' is an anagram of 'AGNOSTIC'.

(Other definitions for agnostic that I've seen before include "He doesn't believe" , "One who is undecided" , "A non-believer in God, coasting along" , "One believes that nothing can be known about the existence of God" , "Not sure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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